Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Ornate Ghost Pipefish
Solenostomus paradoxus
Ornate Ghost Pipefish
Category: Ghost Pipefishes
Scientific Name: Solenostomus paradoxus
Size: Up to 4.5 in. (12 cm)  
Depth: 12-140 ft. (4-43 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Syngnathiformes (Order)
     └Solenostomidae (Family) Ghost Pipefishes
      └Solenostomus (Genus)
       └S. paradoxus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 217976🔗
iNaturalist ID: 119394🔗

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